U.S. Spends The Most, But Gets 'F' In Education
Ben Feller,
Detroit News,
Sept 17, 2003
I knew there were problems, but I can honestly say I didn't realize it was this bad south of the border. The number that will be played in U.S. papers - 19th among OECD coutries in education - doesn't mean much, as the competition includes highly developed countries such as Japan, Korea, Canada and Finland, among others, and these rankings would be much worse if they included performance in history and geography. But this frightens me: "70 percent of U.S. public high school students graduate, and 32 percent of all high school students leave qualified to attend four-year colleges." Having a 30 percent dropout rate creates a huge underclass, and a generation of social and political turmoil. The report is here; more coverage here and here.
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